The reason the keyboard is the way it is, is purely because that was the first way a typewriter was made. The problem was that commonly used keys would clash together. So to stop that happening, Sholes (the guy who made the typewriter) separated common keys to stop this. Now, we whinge about it, but everyone's used to it.
some keyboards start with qwerty because that is a keyboard making company
qwertyuiop is the top row of the keyboard asdfghjkl is the middle row of your keyboard zxcvbnm is the bottom row of the keyboard yay
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Qwertyuiop is the top row of letters on a standard English keyboard. It does not have a specific meaning, but it is often used as a placeholder or example when referring to typing or keyboard-related topics.
QWERTY After the letters on the top row.
typewriter
PERU
"a", all the other vowels are on the top row.
Typewriter
The top alphabetic row on an English language keyboard is qwertyuiop. .
The name for a normal English (US & UK) keyboard is Standard QWERTY keyboard. (QWERTY being the first 5 letters of the top row of letters of the typing section of the keyboard). Whereas The name for a normal German keyboard is Standard QWERTZ keyboard. (QWERTZ being the first 5 letters of the top row of letters of the typing section of the keyboard).
On a computer keyboard, this is why they are called 'qwerty' keyboards
The @ key on a Dell keyboard is the upper case of the number 2, which is the third key (following ` and 1) on the top row (that is, the highest row of characters, which is below the row of function keys).